Coaching Archives - Team Grassroots

BREAKING NEWS – FA Announce Grassroots Football is concluded for the 2019/20 season

GRF Admin 26/03/2020

The Football Association [The FA] has been working collaboratively with the National League System [NLS], the Women’s Football Pyramid and the wider grassroots game since the outbreak of COVID-19 on how to conclude the 2019/20 season in the most appropriate way possible. …

Grassroots Football Colouring Book

GRF Admin 23/03/2020

Design and Colour Your Strip ADD Your Stats ADD Your Teammates Draw and Colour Your Club Badge Draw and Colour Your Coach Download for Free HERE

Oh Great! It’s Sunday! A Grassroots Substitutes Parents’ Matchday

GRF Admin 10/03/2020

Oh Great! It’s Sunday! A Grassroots Substitutes Parent It’s Sunday, the day my son has been waiting for all week. It’s football day. For me it can be the worst day of the week, from waking up to an excited child to…

£1500 Grow the Game grants available for Girls, Women and Disability Teams – Apply HERE

GRF Admin 02/03/2020

The Grow the Game scheme provides an investment of £1.5m to traditionally underrepresented groups in community football. Grow the Game aims to support the growth of new Female and Disability teams by offering grants of £1,500 for the creation of new affiliated teams. The…

ENGLAND CAPTAINS HOUGHTON AND KANE LAUNCH THE FA’s PLEDGE OF POSITIVITY

GRF Admin 28/02/2020

The Football Association [The FA] has today launched the ‘Pledge of Positivity’ which asks parents and spectators involved in under-18s grassroots football to commit to creating a more positive environment at matches across the country. A recent survey conducted by The…

FA UPDATED HEADING GUIDANCE ANNOUNCED FOR YOUTH TRAINING SESSIONS

GRF Admin 24/02/2020

We have today announced updated heading guidance for all age groups between under-six and under-18, in association with the Irish and Scottish FAs. The updated heading guidance, which will be introduced immediately, will provide grassroots clubs, coaches and players with the recommended heading guidance for…

“Its easy to pick a team, isnt it?”

GRF Admin 06/02/2020

Have you ever wondered how hard it is to pick a team? They’re only 5 who can play on the pitch at any one time and I’ve got 9 to pick from, I want to put them all on! This is so…

Whos’ Responsibility is it to set a Positive example of Respect? 🤔

GRF Admin 30/01/2020

But what do you think?

HAMSTRING INJURY IN CHILDREN

GRF Admin 24/01/2020

The hamstring is a very common sporting injury. Unknown to some the hamstring is made up of 3 muscles which are the Bicep Femoris Semitendinosus Semimembranosus These muscles start from the bottom of the pelvis (Ischial tuberosity) and they travel down the…

TELL US – WE’LL TACKLE IT: REPORTING DISCRIMINATION WITHIN GRASSROOTS FOOTBALL

GRF Admin 17/01/2020

The Football Association [The FA] is today launching a campaign to encourage all participants and spectators to report any acts of discrimination that they witness within grassroots football. Tell Us, We’ll Tackle It will be rolled out by every County FA across…

Osgood Schlatters Disease/ Knee Injury – Know the facts

GRF Admin 14/01/2020

This week we visit Osgood Schlatters Disease, or as I like to call it a condition of the knee in children! What exactly is Osgood Schlatters? Essentially it is painful inflammation or irritation of the bone growth plate in the shin bone…

The Press up Rondo warmup

GRF Admin 07/01/2020